U with ring above (Cyrillic)

U with ring above (У̊ у̊) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, used in the Shughni language and formerly in 19th century Lithuanian Cyrillic.

Not to be confused with Y̊.
Cyrillic letter U with ring above
Phonetic usage:[ɵ]
The Cyrillic script
Slavic letters
АА́А̀А̂А̄ӒБВ
ГҐДЂЃЕЕ́Ѐ
Е̄Е̂ЁЄЄ́ЖЗЗ́
ЅИІІ́ЇЇ́ꙆИ́
ЍИ̂ӢЙЈКЛЉ
МНЊОО́О̀О̂Ō
ӦПРСС́ТЋЌ
УУ́У̀У̂ӮЎӰФ
ХЦЧЏШЩꙎЪ
Ъ̀ЫЫ́ЬѢЭЭ́Ю
Ю́Ю̀ЯЯ́Я̀
Non-Slavic letters
ӐА̊А̃Ӓ̄ӔӘӘ́Ә̃
ӚВ̌ԜГ̑Г̇Г̣Г̌Г̂
Г̆Г̈ҔҒӺҒ̌Ӷ
Д́Д̌Д̈Д̣Д̆ӖЕ̃
Ё̄Є̈ҖӜӁЖ̣ҘӞ
З̌З̣З̆ԐԐ̈ӠИ̃Ӥ
ҊҚӃҠҞҜК̣Ԛ
ᴫЛ́ӅԮԒЛ̈Ӎᵸ
Н́ӉҢԨӇҤО̆О̃
Ӧ̄ӨӨ̄Ө́Ө̆ӪԤП̈
Р̌ҎС̌ҪС̣С̱Т́Т̈
Т̌Т̇Т̣ҬУ̃ӲУ̊
Ӱ̄ҰҮҮ́Х̣Х̱Х̮Х̑
Х̌ҲӼӾҺҺ̈ԦЦ̌
Ц̈ҴҶҶ̣ӴӋҸ
Ч̇Ч̣ҼҾШ̈Ш̣ꚜЫ̆
Ы̄ӸꚝҌҨЭ̆Э̄Э̇
ӬӬ́Ӭ̄Ю̆Ю̈Ю̈́Ю̄Я̆
Я̄Я̈Я̈́Ӏ
Archaic or unused letters
А̨Б̀Б̣Б̱В̀Г̀Г̧
Г̄Г̓Г̆Ҕ̀Ҕ̆ԀД̓
Д̀Д̨ԂꚀꙢЕ̇Е̨
Ж̀Ж̑ꙂꙄЏ̆
ꚄꚄ̆ꙀЗ̀З̑ԄԆꚈ
ԪꚂꚔІ̂І̣І̨
Ј̵Ј̃ꙈК̓К̀К̆Ӄ̆
К̑К̇К̈К̄ԞК̂
Л̀ԠꙤԈЛ̑Л̇Ԕ
М̀М̃ꙦН̀Н̄Н̧Н̃
ԊԢН̡ѺꙨꙪꙬꙮ
ꚘꚚП̓П̀П́П̧
ҦП̑ҀԚ̆Р́Р̀Р̃
ԖС̀С̈ԌҪ̓Т̓Т̀
ԎТ̑ꚊТ̧ꚌꚌ̆
ѸꙊУ̇У̨ꙋ́Ф̑
Ф̓Х́Х̀Х̆Х̇Х̧Х̓
һ̱ѠꙌѼѾꙠЦ̀Ц́
Ц̓ꚎꚎ̆ꚐЧ́
Ч̀Ч̆Ч̑Ч̓ԬꚒ
ꚆꚆ̆Ҽ̆Ш̀Ш̆Ш̑Щ̆Ꚗ
Ꚗ̆ꙐЫ̂Ы̃Ѣ́Ѣ̈Ѣ̆
ꙒЭ̨Э̂ꙔЮ̂Ꙗ
Я̈Я̂Я̨ԘѤѦꙘѪ
ꙚѨꙜѬѮѰѲѴ
ѶꙞ

Uses
The 1867 Lithuanian Cyrillic alphabet, with this letter.

It is the 32nd letter of the Shughni alphabet between ӯ and Ф, representing the close-mid central rounded vowel [ɵ]. Sometimes the digraph уо is used instead.[1]

U with ring above was also used in Lithuanian writing, notably in the orthography of Jonas Juška,[2] after the defeat in the January Uprising of 1863 and the following ban on Latin writing in official documents from 1864 to 1904.

Computing codes

This letter is not a precomposed character. It needs to be composed using U+0423 У CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER U+U+030A ◌̊ COMBINING RING ABOVE and U+0443 у CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U+U+030A ◌̊ COMBINING RING ABOVE.

Character information
PreviewУу̊
Unicode name CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER U CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER U COMBINING RING ABOVE
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechex
Unicode1059U+04231091U+0443778U+030A
UTF-8208 163D0 A3209 131D1 83204 138CC 8A
Numeric character referenceУУуу̊̊
Named character referenceУу

References
  1. "Shugni language, alphabet and pronunciation". Omniglot. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  2. Subačius, Giedrius (March 2008). "The Letter and Lithuanian Cyrillic Script: Two Language Planning Strategies in the Late Nineteenth Century". Journal of Baltic Studies. 39 (1): 73–82. doi:10.1080/01629770801908747. ISSN 0162-9778. S2CID 144055346.


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